Eadwig of England

Eadwig of England (941-1 October 959) was the king of England from 955 to 959, succeeding Eadred of England and preceding Edgar of England.

Biography
Eadwig was born in 941 to the House of Wessex, a Christian dynasty of Anglo-Saxons. Eadwig was the son of Edmund I of England, whose brothers would succeed him. When the youngest brother Eadred of England died at the age of 32 without a wife or children, Eadwig succeeded his uncle. He had a rivalry with Dunstan, the Abbot of Glastenbury Abbey (later Archbishop of Canterbury) and Oda the Good, the Archbishop of Canterbury, which tarnished the reputation of his brief rule. In 957 the nobles of Mercia and Northumbria loyal to Oda were coerced into siding with Eadwig's brother Edgar, and they agreed to let Eadwig rule Wessex and Kent was Edgar ruled in the north. Upon Eadwig's premature death at the age of 18, his brother succeeded him.